Trooper (Later Warrant Officer Class 1) Louis Simpson

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Louis Vivian Simpson

Ancestor's date of birth: 27/11/1878

Ancestor's date of death: 1962

Cause of Death: Unknown

Service Number: 2465

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: unknown

Unit: NSW Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): WO1, Date Effective: 03/08/1916

Murray Page: 163

Contingent: Fourth New South Wales

Ship: Armenian, Date of Sailing: 23/04/1900

Memorial details: Detail not provided.

Decorations: Queen and King's South Africa Medals with clasps, 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, Height: 1.78m, Weight: 65.4 kg (1914), of dark complexion with brown hair and blue eyes.

Reasons to go and fight: Unknown

Details of service in war: May 1900 - May 1901 in Rhodesia under Carington and west Transvaal including capture of de la Rey's convoy and guns at Wildfontein (24 March 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: In 1914 was married Amy and living in Belmore NSW. Enslisted in the 1^st AIF on 31 August 1915 Regimental Sergeant Major 2^nd Remount Unit, Australian Light Horse, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 10 November 1915. Served in Egypt, Returned to Australia HMT Bulla 29 May 1917.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Lynette Joan McLeod, Chatswood NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter

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